The highest court in the land and the final (UK) Court of Appeal in both civil and criminal proceedings. A quorum of three judges is necessary but some major issues are decided by the whole House.
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House of Lords is London Cockney rhyming slang for corduroy-trousers (cords).
[n] - the upper house of the British parliament
one of two houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom, comprising hereditary, appointed and elected members
British House of Lords noun the upper house of the British parliament
See Lords, House of
the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.